For reference I mean in a military aspect. Some things yes, for sure. But like getting shot at or mortared any of that jazz is moot. Therapist said it can cause it but like it didnt really bother many people i know.
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The “you” that you think of yourself as is typically just your concious self. The part that you hear thoughts as words and pictures and this part of your mind is great at rationalizing stuff. It can understand the things that took place and reason them out dealing with it and therfore you believe yourself to be fine. However, a lot of your mind is subconscious, non-frontal lobe stuff. It takes in and processes just as much input and data. It does this very differently so the results aren’t in the form words but rather feelings, impulses, satisfactions, disappointments and anxieties. It’s language is not one you can “talk” to and doesn’t use a linear, rational language and so it can be difficult to understand or even recognize as part of “you”. However, it is very much “you” and it can certainly be traumatized. And it needs to be just as healthy as the rest of “you” or you will be suffering. It came first. Your frontal lobe came later and is really just along for the ride.
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